Stereotypes Used By Katniss In The Hunger Games By Suzanne Collins

The Hunger Games showed the importance of what it was like to be truly living in poverty and fighting to stay alive throughout. It should not matter where a person comes from or how they were brought up, everyone can fight and work just as hard to make it in this world. It also showed that working as a team can become a very important aspect of one’s life. If someone wants something in life, he/she has to work for it. Just like Katniss did from District twelve, the poorest district. Nobody wanted to be considered part of the games for fear of their lives being taken. However, Katniss stood up for her younger sister and took her place in the games to fight. Competing against twenty three other tributes from eleven different districts,

Living in one of the poorest districts, she had to fight for her and her family on a daily basis. The only way they could eat to stay alive was if her and her friend Gale went out to hunt for their family’s meat to eat. As Katniss was describing her district and what she had to do for her family for food, she says, “Inside the woods they roam freely, and there are added concerns like venomous snakes, rabid animals, and no real paths to follow. But there is food if you know how to find it” (Collins 5). As an avid hunter, fighting for food in the woods was what she did best with her best friend, Gale. There, they were constantly exchanging squirrels for bread and fruits, or whatever their families happened to need at the point in time. No matter what obstacles they were to come across, they both had to make sure they were doing everything in their power to keep both of their families safe and free from

After Katniss’ little sister was chosen for the games, Katniss stepped up to take on the role. At the time, she did not honestly think she had a chance to survive, but knew she had a much better chance than her little sister. The biggest concern she faced at first was the little supply of food and water given in the arena. Not only did she have a small supply, she could rarely ever find any food or water. It seemed that everywhere she turned, she was faced with an even bigger problem, and that was risking her life. She knew she was in trouble or headed for trouble near the beginning of her journey when she said, “As the day wears on, I know I’m headed for trouble. What little urine I’ve been able to pass is dark brown, my head is aching, and there’s a dry path on my tongue that refuses to moisten” (Collins 166). She describes this feeling early on in the games and knew she would not survive long without a supply of food and water. Just as Katniss described her ache for a drink, she found a batch of berries. Berries, throughout this book, could have been the best thing, or the worst. There were some very deadly berries out there, and lucky for Katniss, she had had much knowledge in knowing which ones were the good and which ones were the bad. As for some other people throughout the games, they were not as fortunate in knowing which types to eat and which ones to not